How Do You Round a Decimal to a Given Place Value?

How Do You Round a Decimal to a Given Place Value?

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Sometimes, decimals are so long that you need a way to estimate the value of the decimal. Other times, you may only need a certain amount of exactness to get your answer. This is where rounding decimals to a chosen place can be very helpful! Watch this tutorial to learn how to round a decimal to a chosen place.

Keywords:

  • round
  • decimal
  • place value
  • round
  • estimate
  • rounding digit
  • right digit of rounding digit
  • round up
  • round down
  • trailing zeros

Background Tutorials

  • Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100.

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  • Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.

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